Andis ANDIS 04710 Andis 04710 Professional T-Outliner Beard/

In terms of pure function, the product is okay, it trims closer than the Oster T-Blade trimmer that it is replacing. That is the only good thing about the Andis T-Blade trimmer. Everything else about the product is awful. First there is the smell. The first trimmer I received smelled so bad that I had to box it up and return it to Amazon. It stank up my house and gave me a headache. The second is only marginally better. I let it air out in the basement for a week before moving it to the bathroom. After six weeks of almost daily use I still get a pungent acrid burnt smell after each use, but at least the headaches have gone. Build quality. If this was a free toy that had been manufactured in 1960's China perhaps the sharp edges on the non matching halves of the plastic enclosure would be acceptable. Acceptable for a throw away, but not for a tool designed to be used day after day for many years. That Andis ever let a product with such shoddy build quality out the door is testament to the companies complete disregard for product quality. Who ever does quality control (or rather doesn't) must be stuck in the 1940's. I called Andis HQ and asked to speak with someone in QC to find out if my two samples just happened to have slipped out the door, but of course, no one returned my call. Ergonomics. Who was the genius who placed the on off switch furthest away from your fingers, so that you cant flick it on and off without transferring the device to your other hand. Pure genius. To say that this device was designed by an engineer and not a designer would be to slander 99.9% of a profession. Vibration. It vibrates. Not to the point of leaving your hand numb, but more than I would expect a so called professional level tool to do. So why have I kept the trimmer? Because I have gone through two Oster trimmers which didn't cut as close as this does. The second trimmer vibrated even more than this Andis so my choice is between a light weight consumer product designed to last a few years with a less powerful motor and non removable batteries or this solid 110v, but junkally built ergonomic disaster. I am giving the product 3 stars because it trims closer and vibrates a little less than the competition, but everything else about it is a disaster.